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Cedrus II (2014) 267-289
DOI: 10.13113/CEDRUS.201406463
CEDRUS
The Journal of MCRI
S OME T HOUGHTS ON THE P ROBLEM OF I DENTIFICATION OF D EMES : T HE A NCIENT
B OZBURUN P ENINSULA
D EME ’ LER İ N K İ ML İ K S ORUNSALI Ü ZER İ NE B AZI D ÜŞÜNCELER : A NT İ K
B OZBURUN Y ARIMADASI
E. DENİZ OĞUZ-KIRCA ∗
Abstract: The Bozburun Peninsula, lying in southwest
Anatolia, facing the island of Rhodes, was originally
acknowledged as being a part of Carian territory. It was
only during the IIIrd-IInd centuries B.C. that the Classical
Peninsula which was equivalent to a polis and conurbated through a koinon of komai, was transformed into a
periphery, reorganized under the protectorate of Rhodes
and became an incorporated-Hellenized part of the
island until the Roman takeover.
Although it may seem that the newly introduced
constituents of the Hellenistic mainland, the demes, were
the equivalents of ktoina reflecting egalitarianism and
having their form within the island’s administrative
pattern, they were possibly the later forms of the
ancient territorial model formed by a long-settled and
decentralized network of Carian komai. Problems with
the identification of demes and the nuclei thereof have
caused long standing debates amongst scholars. This
paper aims at reassessing the problem of identity in
view of the natural and social territoriums, in respect to
the available knowledge to date and the results of recent
surveys carried out between 2009 and 2012 which
encompassed the area beginning from the horizontal
line between modern Deliktaş Bay and Bayır Village in
the north and stretching down to the isthmus in the
south.
Öz: Güneybatı Anadolu’da, Rhodos’un hemen karşı
yakasında yer alan Bozburun Yarımadası, esasen Karya
topraklarının bir parçası olmasıyla özdeşleşmiş idi.
Klasik Dönem’de, fiziksel büyüklüğü ve kendisini
tamamlayan en az 7 (yedi) kome’nin oluşturduğu federatif yapısıyla bir polise denk sayılan Yarımada, M.Ö.
III.-II. yüzyıllar boyunca ve Rhodos’un hamiliğinde
yeniden örgütlenmek suretiyle tamamen bir periferiye
dönüştürülmüş ve Romalıların egemenliğine girene
kadarki uzun Helenleşme sürecinde adanın ayrılmaz
bir parçası haline gelmiştir.
Hellenistik anakaranın yeni tanıtılan unsurları olarak
deme’ler, her ne kadar temelleri adanın yönetsel şablonlarında var olan ve eşitlikçi anlayışı yansıtan ktoina’lara
karşılık geliyor gibi görünse de, bu yerleşimler olasılıkla
uzun zamandır bölgede yerleşik ve merkeziyetçi
anlayıştan uzak Karya’lı kome şebekelerince oluşturulmuş antik teritoryal modelin daha geç formları idi.
Bölgeye ilgi duyan gezginler ve bilimadamları, deme ve
merkezlerinin tanımlanması konusunda uzun süre
meşgul olmuştur. Bu makalede, Hellenistik dönemden
itibaren yükselişe geçen deme’lere ilişkin kimlik sorunu,
fiziksel ve sosyal sınırlar gözetilmeye çalışılarak ve;
bugüne kadar üretilen bilgiler ve kuzeyde modern Deliktaş Koyu-Bayır Köyü arasındaki sınır hattından
başlayıp daha güneydeki kıstağa kadarki alanda (T.C.
Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı’nca verilen izin kapsamında) yürütülen 2009-2012 sezon çalışmalarından elde
edilen sonuçlar ışığında yeniden irdelenmektedir.
Keywords: Bozburun Peninsula • Carian Chersonesos
• Peraea • demes • Identification • Territorium
Anahtar Kelimeler: Bozburun Yarımadası • Karya
Khersonesos’u • Pera • deme’ler • Tanımlama •
Teritoryum
∗
Dr. (Independent Researcher), Middle East Technical University, Dep. of Settlement Archaeology, Ankara.
[email protected]
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Introduction
The Bozburun Peninsula is situated on the south-western coast of Anatolia, within the modern
borders of Turkey (Map 1). The natural boundaries within which we mainly investigate concerning
the demes in this paper, begin from Hisarönü near Datça (ancient Cnidus)-Bozburun crossroad,
extend towards the middle and end near Bozuk Village in the very south, facing the northern sector
of the island of Rhodes. Originally being Carian, the mainland was acknowledged as the Carian
Chersonesos during the Classical era. It was possibly following the synoecism of Rhodes in 408 B.C.
that the Rhodian State began gradually to take a formal interest in the mainland. The entire area was
fully incorporated around 166 B.C. albeit there was the clash of interests and continuous struggles
between the Diadochi until the early IInd century B.C. 1. The interest of Rhodes opened the way to
the enjoyment of power in Carian territories that the island must have turned into an advantage by
the beginning of the IIIrd century B.C. If a successful diplomacy 2 of Rhodes had never been there, the
Peninsula as part of the newly introduced “Rhodian Peraea” would not perhaps have fallen into the
periphery and been controlled for a longer period than expected. I shall not debate here some
different conceptualizations about the Rhodian Peraea regarding the two separate status- namely
the Incorporated and Subject Peraea in which matter Fraser & Bean, Jones and van Bremen have
contributed a great deal to the discussions 3. We take it for granted that the readers are familiar with
both, and that the questioned area is covered by the Incorporated Peraea which stretches to Physcus
and Cedrae further north.
The Carian territories were quite familiar with
Archaic type hilltop settlements and komai in the plain
areas 4. But, anyone who takes a flash back to the history
of settlement may see that the organization of the
Carians predates the Iron Age, however, these were
predominantly concentrated in the northern sector,
around the Meander with a handful of sites (e.g.
Aphrodisias). Although the settlement patterns in the
Early Iron Age do not present a compact picture, the
period down to the VIth century B.C. is, to an extent,
informed with some degree of identity expressed in a
limited image of koina life 5 and of partly settled komai
forms (thereafter) which, however, began to decline by
the beginning of the IVth century B.C., due to the
destructive results of the Peloponnesian Wars and
ratification of the King’s Peace in 378 B.C. The
subsequent peaceful atmosphere showed its effects in a
Map 1. Location of the Bozburun Peninsula
change in the settlement patterns 6. Rural life was
1
2
3
4
5
6
Torr 1885, 19-20; Reger 1999, 77-78, 81-87.
Strab. XIV. 2. 5 c. 652.
Fraser – Bean 1954, 53; Jones 1983, 49; van Bremen 2009, 109.
Şahin 1976, 27.
Marchese 1989, 27.
Tuna 1999, 477-478.
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269
gradually altered by the time the famous satrap Mausolus invited mountain people to the newly
designed cities to become merged with Greek cultural and political life 7. He put synoecism in effect
by incorporating the Lelegian komai into the domain of Halicarnassus; it was probably him who let
the other koina co-exist and compiled all of them for the creation and development of the poleis. He
transformed inland Caria into a territory where komai and poleis co-existed, forming a half-polis
pattern. Some early inscriptions (e.g. Hyllarima) disclose hints such that co-habitation also applied
to the coastline 8. As Caria developed in the Hellenistic era (following the decline of Mausolus’ and
his successors’ power), we may speak of reorganization in the sense of dioikismos, such that the
remote memory of the Carians were rekindled via community reflexes inherited from the Early
Classical period. In other words, the demes, as the newly introduced practices of Rhodes on the
mainland as early as the Hellenistic period, might have recalled the historical experiences
attributable to past ways of living in the form of komai.
What about the toponomical expressions in Caria, hence the peninsula? Unsurprisingly, the
geographical boundaries of Caria can be imperceptible due to the survival of multiple races across
the Meander line. We may well opt to bank on the views focusing on ethnic identity, rather than the
physical limits9 as may be valid for the case of the Classical Peninsula. Chersonesii, just as referred to
in the Athenian Tribute Lists (ATL), was the adjoining part of the Cnidian Chersonesos 10. Although
there remain unknown sites paying tribute in Caria, the Carian Chersonesos was mentioned as
Χερρονήσιοι (Cherronesioi) being almost at the end of the list 11. The ethnicon was Chersonesioi 12/Chersonesios (Χερρονήσιος) while the toponym was recorded as Chersonesos
(Χερρόνησος). XEP is readable on the coins of 500 B.C. Flensted-Jensen puts it (Chersonesios) into
the status of a polis. The reason seems that it appeared in ATL from 452/1 to 429/8 B.C. It is
registered twelve times, twice completely restored, and paid a phoros of 3 talents until 447/6 B.C.
From 444/3 to 441/0 B.C., the payment decreased to about 2 talents. It repaid a tribute of 3 talents in
433/2 B.C. 13. With additions and corrections, the nearest approximations made by Meritt et al.
show that 2 talents (4200 drachmae) were paid by the Carian Chersonesos in the Vth century B.C.
The situation is, however, a little contradictory since it was an original member of the Delian League
in 478/7 B.C., was reassessed in 450 B.C., and stood in the quota list of 454/3 B.C. and was defined as
“part of the city of Cnidus” 14. Taking the whole Peninsula as a polis, the status may be owed to the
internal organization of the Chersonesos Koinon 15 made up of the Carian komai.
Difficulty in fixing names for a number of settlements arises from the Carian language which still
has not been completely deciphered; however, the origins of some settlements have been questioned
at the same time. Uyguç underscores that names containing SS, ND and ASA (e.g. Bybassos,
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Cook 1962, 148-149.
Hornblower 1982, 53-57, 63-67.
Reger 2007, 92.
Jones 1983, 29.
Meritt et al. 1939-1949-1950-1953, vol.1, 458.
Cherronesioi is another variant of Χερρονήσιοι used in the lists depicting a Carian land. Chersonesos in the
Black Sea is given as Cherronesitai and distinguished under this name with a slight difference in script (Meritt
et al. 1939-1949-1950-1953, vol.1, 26).
Flensted – Jensen 2004, 1114.
Meritt et al. 1939-1949-1950-1953, vol. 2, 122-123; ibid. vol. 4: 26.
Held 2005, 86-96.
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Halicarnassus, Thyssanous, Kolossia) find etymological expression in Anatolian languages 16. We
also have reasons to judge whether a site could be of Carian origin by looking at onomastics as a
strong adoption of ethnic identity - if locals made up the vast majority. Reger draws attention to the
use of dual names in Greek and Carian during the Hellenistic period and that co-usage could even
continue into Roman times. Notable examples come from cities like Mylasa and Stratonicea where
local Carian names such as Thyssos, Silbou or Koldoba have been recorded 17.
The Peraea- Successor of the Chersonesos
Following her synoecism with the three old poleis, Ialysos, Kamiros and Lindos 18, the new federal
country of the Rhodian State designated herself with numerous demes which were allocated to
either polis 19. Under a stable constitution and the efficient state organisation of the island, these
poleis together with their demes were treated equally on political grounds 20. Over time, the Peraea
and the islands became subject during elections to the procedures of the federal law, as attested in
the early IIIrd century B.C. Kamiran decrees21. The situation continued even after the declaration of
Delos as a free port but the entire Peninsula was lost with advent of Pompey in 67 B.C. 22.
Inscriptions also illuminate the Rhodian way of ruling; for instance, along with information about
the Carian troops under the command of Rhodian generals, some Carian cities, by decision of
another Carian league - the Chrysaoric Koinon, are known to have made alliances with the island
during the Second Macedonian War (200-197 B.C.). Hence, this period of warfare was also a critical
turn for the full recognition of the Rhodian mainland. It seems that the Carian Chersonesos may
now be extended a few generations earlier, as also of Rhodian descendants, which was perhaps
officially acknowledged by the end of the IIIrd century B.C. 23. Although the former administrative
and political framework of Caria is rather reflected through a network of koina which developed
into the Hecatomnid era, the territorial system of the Peraean demes, based on the notion of ktoina,
also had roots in the governing model of the three old mother poleis before the synoecism process
on the island of Rhodes 24. Early organic relations, thus possible amicable relations before the Social
War (357/6 B.C.) might provide an alternative answer. It is also likely that the Peraeans were not
alien to the notion of synoecism or it could not have been very unusual, since that of Mausolus and
Rhodians could be treated at least within a similar context 25- cultural and political unification
(excluding the conditions rooted in the genesis), vis-à-vis the practices of some others, e.g.
Megalopolis, which experienced it in physical terms. Mention by Polybius about the “already there”
landholdings of Rhodian citizens in Caria and Lycia after 164 B.C. 26 might further aid the
chronological puzzle to some extent.
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Uyguç 1992, 57.
Reger 2007, 91.
All are assumed to be Dorian Greek poleis.
Hornblower – Spawforth 2003, 1316.
Papachristodoulou 1999, 29-30.
Gabrielsen 2000, 193-195.
Torr 1885, 27-28, 66.
Aydaş 2010, 31-39.
Hornblower 1982; Ma 1998; Şahin 1976; Held 2005; Berthold 1984; Fraser – Bean 1954; Gabrielsen 2000.
Hornblower 1982, 84.
Polyb. VI. 31. 4; Hornblower 1982, 83-84.
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The Problem of Generic Identification
Inspired by the standard image of an Archaic city, demes of the Classical period were typical rural
elements of the countryside 27. Demes can be traced as far back as Solon and Cleisthenes, at the close
of the VIth century B.C. 28. The last sub-tribal division of the demos was the deme, no further 29. In
explaining the term deme, Hornblower & Spawforth refer to “local territorial districts-villages, in
effect - in Greece, and, by extension, the inhabitants or members thereof”. Obviously, deme
structures varied greatly according to size, from hamlets to larger towns 30. Also defined as a
geographical and political unit, a deme could have possessed more than one type settlement, each
having its own necropolis 31. If we turn back to the Peraea- a “peninsula settlement” in nomenclature,
it was a network of rural sites and a conurbation of at least 9 (nine) demes which began to be
explicitly recorded from the IIIrd century B.C. These were most possibly Bybassos, Amos, Hydas,
Syrna, Hygassos, Tymnos, Thysannous, Phoinix, Casarae. The thing is, as may be inferred from the
compiled work of Bresson 32 on the rich epigraphic inventory of the Peraea, a terminus post-quem for
their commemoration (as retaining a Hellenized deme character) corresponds to the period 300-250
B.C.
On this subject matter, a constructive view was previously brought by Held who had limited the
number of demes to 10 (ten) in the Chersonesos Koinon. Up to this point, nothing unusual
concerning the spatio-temporal framework he had assigned to the demes of the Peninsula or
anachronous to what is discussed herein below. The reason for my delimitation to somewhat more
than two centuries (300-67 B.C.) is the full deme character that we can trace through the epigraphic
database. A nuance unavoidably occurs when he uses the term deme in the earlier context, as being
the komai of a sub-regional league/the heirs of now representable rural settlements, and formulates
a list of the Chersonesos Koinon within which Loryma is included. He must be implying the
continuation of the “demes” into the Hellenistic period; however the primary reason for stepping on
a number like ten without tossing out Loryma (which was most possibly attached to the Hellenistic
deme of Casarae) appears to be that his criterion is based on the fortified settlements of the Peninsula 33.
A crux is that different sources recall different Peraean names, hence demes which in the end
raise problems in their assignment to the three old poleis. The views of Papachristodoulou and Jones
seem to be the most explanatory on this subject matter. Accordingly, there is evidence on the
number of Rhodian demes listing 55 certain names and 12 possible or uncertain names. Out of
these, 33 were located on the island of Rhodes, 13 in the Incorporated Peraea, seven on the islands
while the rest remain unidentified. It is quite certain that Lindos had 12 demes. We are not, however,
able to decide whether this number could be raised if part of the missing demes is reconsidered in
favor of the island. But there is almost no doubt that Ἄμιοι and Κασαρείς situated in the Peraea and
Βρυκούντιοι were attached to her. From out of the 19 demes of Kamiros, five belonged to the
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
Crielaard 2009, 351-353.
Hornblower 1991, 156-158.
Osborne 1990, 269-271.
Hornblower – Spawforth 2003, 446-447.
Papachristodoulou 1999, 31.
Bresson 1991.
Held 2005, 86.
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Kamiran territory in Rhodes, six demes, with certainty, to the Incorporated Peraea and one in
Chalke. The remaining seven demes were probably located on Rhodes. Casarae was previously
attached to Lindos but in late periods becomes obscured precluding any thorough assignment. The
situation is very debatable for Ialysos where the new asty was founded within the city of Rhodes
during synoecism. It was determined that nine demes were located on the island while two remained
on the mainland. No deme has been evidenced for the dependent islands. Of these two, Cryassus has
been identified in favour of the Rhodian Peraea with certainty but has not been satisfactorily
located. Tracing inscriptions, the location of Patyreis has been reported for the same region, as well.
In any case, the location of the demes of Ialysos in the Peraea is problematic. In spite of various
tenets, Papachristodoulou suggests that Ialysos had a total number of 12 demes and that the 12-deme
model applicable to the island might be a start, based upon equal representation 34. Accordingly,
should egalitarianism be the criterion for the three old poleis in all respects, each could have
possessed the same number of demes in the Peraea, as well. Nothing new has supported this
hypothesis. Notwithstanding, let’s posit for a while that all had the same number of demes (taking
into account the number of at least 13 demes except for the unknown or fixed), there must have
been at least six demes allocated to each polis due to the certitude regarding Kamiros.
Limited to the Peninsula (considered with some other associated demes, having a close
proximity or still lacking identification), the issue of the generic identification of demes or any other
relevant (e.g. demos) may be tackled through tracing them from the north to the south. A deme of
Lindos in the IVth century B.C., Physcus formed the core of the Rhodian Peraea, as the largest deme
with a spectacular harbour. The Acropolis is associated with the remains of Hellenistic and earlier
walls in the northern part of where modern Marmaris now lies 35. A purely Carian demos and
possibly retaining the most civic tradition on the mainland 36, Cedrae was an important base where
the first settlements have been dated to the Vth century B.C. Known through the inscriptions,
Hellenisation in Cedrae with sanctuaries, a theatre and agora originally built in the Rhodian fashion,
was completed by the IIIrd century B.C. It was then subjugated by the Rhodians in the IInd century
B.C. following the unrest between Rome and the Seleucids 37. There lay Bybassos and Amos to its
south, and the others in the central and southernmost part of the Peraea. The status of Euthena
(attributable to a peak called Altınsivrisi) is doubtful, although it occurred in the demotic lists of the
Kamirans. Similarly, the deme of Amnistos, reported to be on a promontory near Karacasöğüt
Village between Physcus and Cedrae, was possibly attached to the same polis 38. Marked as a polis by
Stephanus Byzantinus, Amos (modern Turunç) was a Lindian deme (s.v. Ἄµος) 39 which was much
later incorporated into the Rhodian domain. Fraser & Bean and; Sherk 40 restore two names,
Cryassus (speculated to be around Taşyaka in the west of the Gulf of Fethiye) and Erine to Ialysos 41
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
Papachristodoulou 1999, 32-40; Jones 1987, 243, 245, 249.
Fraser – Bean 1954, 57, 79.
Bean – Cook 1957, 68; Bean 1971, 154.
Diler 2007, 9, 32.
Fraser – Bean 1954, 80; Bean 2000, 163-164.
Rice 1999, 46.
Fraser – Bean 1954, 55-56, 80-81; Sherk 1990, 285.
The demos of Erine must have been spelled on purpose by Sherk, regardless of its former errant locations in lieu
of Bybassos.
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while Meyer locates Erine to Lindos 42. It was later corrected by Cook that Bybassos was the deme
situated near Rena (Erine) Bay 43 in modern Hisarönü. The status of Hygassos is uncertain, but is
probably associated with either of the three poleis. Along with some others (e.g. Cedrae), it could
have maintained a special situation by virtue of its late incorporation 44. Regarding the deme of
Hydas, there is one thing to consider in favor of the two poleis, as a tomb recorded in a cave below its
Acropolis showed parallels with those detected in Kamiros and Ialysos of the VIth century B.C. 45.
However, it remains uncertain until new evidence is presented.
Thysannous and Tymnos were Kamiran demes 46. Mention of Kleinias, the son of Epigonus, as
the eponymous official (hierothytas) in a religious decree (probably from the Ist century B.C.) found
in Tymnos has caused scholars to associate this deme with its dependency on Rhodes. The Rhodian
word κτοίνα may validate this status 47. Meyer and Fraser & Bean assume that Phoinix was also
attached to Kamiros, being the second largest deme after Physcus 48. On writing about a Hellenistic
epigramme from Lycia, Robert (1983) distinguishes between two similar ethnics in reading.
“L’ethnique Τλώιος chez Etienne de Byzance repose sur une confusion. Les Τλώοι sont fréquents dans les
inscriptions de Rhodes et on les classait à la ville de Tlos. La question fut résolue par Hiller von
Gaertringen: c’était une subdivision de Kamiros située dans la Pérée rhodienne et qui groupait les gens
de la région de Phoinix. Le «ctétique» est confirmé par des papyrus qui parlent de l'ail de Tlos, σχόρδα
Τλωίχά”. From the lines, Tloans of the Peraea could have belonged to the lineages of Phoinix as
attached to Kamiros since Tloans appear in the list of damiourgoi, priests with demotics 49. Also,
inscriptions mentioning Athena and Zeus Polieus in the deme put it to the Kamiran side 50.
Sherk assumes that Casarae was a Lindian deme 51. In one inscription, there appeared a name,
Aristomachus who was the priest of Athena Lindia but adopted the son of Telestes who was of
Casarae origin. Apparently, regarding Aristomachus of Casaraea origin 52 would prove futile. A
reality is that adoption was often practiced in Rhodes and the Peraea 53. Although such instances are
rather elusive, we have no way but to refer to a close interest from the polis of Lindos, and the
inscriptions about the status of the neighboring site (of Loryma) noted shortly below. Syme
(Sömbeki) and Elaeoussa (Kızılada) all fall within the borders of the Incorporated Peraea, as well 54.
It is Plutarch who informs us of the “Athenian fleet of 180 triremes” that landed on Elaeus in the
Chersonesos 55. Except for Elaeoussa Island, Loryma and Physcus, almost none of the demes or sites
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
Meyer 1925, 51.
Bayrak 1961, 62.
Fraser – Bean 1954, 81; Papachristodoulou 1999, 38.
Benter 2001, 177-179.
Meyer 1925, 50-51; Jones 1987, 251; Dmitriev 1999, 250.
I.Peraia, no. 201; Bresson 1991, no.102 (I. 1); for the word ktoina see ibid. (I. 5). Also see Sherk 1990, 287.
Hierothytas was probably the eponymous official before incorporation to Rhodes (ibid.).
Meyer, 1925, 50; Fraser – Bean 1954, 80.
Fraser – Bean, 1954: 80; Robert, 1983, 257; Bresson, 1991, 139.
Flensted-Jensen, 2004, 1110.
Sherk 1990, 285.
Fraser – Bean, 1954, 79.
Rice 1988, 138-142; Rice 1999, 51-52.
Sevin 2001, 128.
Plut. Lys. IX. 4.
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in the Peraea are pronounced by Strabo. He conveys that, with a perimeter of eight stadia, Elaeoussa
lies on the opposite side of modern Taşlıca, about 120 stadion from the island of Rhodes and four
stadia away from the fortress of Phoinix (XIV. 2. 1-4, 14). From this viewpoint, Elaeoussa possibly
had a relation with Phoinix as the island lying directly to her east. Syme 56, not holding a deme status,
was attached to the Peraea in the late Hellenistic period 57. The island needs to be discussed
according to the datable documents (one of the Ist century B.C.). It is a possibility that the Symaeans
were attached to the administration of Casarae using the demotic Κασαρεύς also because it has
never been evidenced until now that the demotic Συμαίος was articulated by the Rhodian State 58.
Lindos inscriptions have revealed that Loryma was attached to Casarae 59. Hence, we are only left
with the assumption that the site was indirectly attached to a mother polis which was presumably
Lindos, during the Hellenistic era.
In the views of Calder & Bean, the demes of the western Peraea belonged to Kamiros, while those
lying in the east were attached to Lindos 60. If so, easy access to the bays and locations for harboring
facilities could have been the fundamental reason for such designation. Considering the abovementioned and the availability of deme information, the possible relations are tabulated as follows:
Ialysos
Lindos
Kamiros
Hydas?**
Physcus
Euthena?
Cryassus?
Amos
Amnistos
Bybasssos?
Syrna?
Hydas?
Hygassos?
Casarae
Tymnos
- Syme
Thysannous?
- Loryma
Phoinix
Hygassos?** 61
Table 1. Possible Status of Demes and Mother Poleis
Locations and Settlement
Obviously, there appear to be problems with the Peraean toponyms and their possible extensions all
over the Bozburun Peninsula. Divergent information conveyed by ancient writers is particularly
weak or unsatisfactory. The ancient sites of the Bozburun Peninsula recorded in the 1973 Annals
(Muğla Province) are incomplete and far from reliable, the relevant map inside depicts the modern
center of Bozburun as Loryma. It is due to the authorities that Taşlıca Village (Phoinix/Fenaket) is
correctly located. Generally speaking, Bean’s views have greatly encouraged scholars to take steps
toward catching up with debates on the approximate coordinates of the Peraean demes.
In order to picture the Peninsula, we need to begin with divergent appellations and scripts
whereby the first case is that of Kiepert who restores the Peraea to Sinus Doridus 62. On one side,
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
Hansen – Nielsen 2004, 1314. Code Syme as a “collective external” under the city-ethnic.
Cook, 1961, 59.
Fraser – Bean, 1954, 86; Papachristodoulou, 1999, 38; Jones, 1987, 250-252.
Meyer, 1925, 51; Bean, 2000, 167.
Calder – Bean 1958.
The demes of Hydas and Hygassos may be dissociated, as having belonged to either deme, Ialysos or Kamiros.
Kiepert 1898, V. Gi.
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Mela’s Peninsula rolls around three bays 63. He mentions two ports of Rhodian colonies: Gelos
(Cressa (Oplothiki) and Thysannous. Between these lay Larumna and Pandion Hill stretching into
the sea. Then comes the bays: “Thymnias, Schoenus and Bubassius”. As he notes, the Aphrodisium
Cape belongs to Thymnias Bay, Schoenus is associated with the Hyla settlement and Bybassos
relates to Cyrnos. It was perhaps the Aphrodisium Cape which separated Sinus Thymnias and Sinus
Schoenus 64 since different forms of script are elusive for interpretation. Foss & Reger fix Roman
Sinus Schoenus to Deliktaş Bükü 65. Equally telling is an anecdote transmitted by Burgett et al. 66.
However, the bay is occasionally acknowledged as Hyda or Hylas, in the southeastern part of Losta
Bay 67. Further in the south, called the Portus Cressa and the Κρήσαιη Λιμήν of Ptolemy in the
Classical world, the unfortified Serçe Bay acted as the harbour of Casarae, and may even have served
Phoinix during the Rhodian protectorate 68. Foss & Reger deem Cressa- Serçe Bay a Roman inlet
Foss & Reger 69 (Map 2).
Map 2. Deme Centers in the Peraea
For Bean, Hyda/Hyla is identifiable as Sinus Schoenus/Reedy Bay, which is modern Selimiye. Sinus
Schoenus covering Hyda might be modern Orhaniye, too 70. Küçükeren calls Selimiye Uda, namely
Hyla/Hyda 71. With a slight difference in the reading, Peschlow-Bindokat marks it as Hydas 72. No
matter whether Sinus Schoenus indicates a reedy place, no such area is known hereabouts.
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
Mela I. 16.
Plin. nat. VI. 29.
Foss – Reger 2000, 946, G4. The authors use Hydas interchangeably with Hylas (ibid. 941).
Burgett et al. 1984, II. 1010.
Sevin 2001, 128.
Carter 2004, 13.
Foss – Reger 2000, 943, G4.
Fraser – Bean 1954, 63; Bean 1971, 162; 2000, 168.
Küçükeren 2007, 123.
Peschlow-Bindokat 2003, 11.
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Completely referring to the location of inscriptions, Bresson assumes that Selimiye is to be included
within the borders of Tymnos 73. Benter almost puts an end to this equivocality as he describes the
the core of the deme of Hydas at an elevation of 270 m above the sea level embraced with an
agricultural hinterland stretching across a valley to the northwest of Turgut Village 74.
Ancient literature proves very little about some others, if all demes. Yet, Hygassos (Ygassos) has
not been located correctly. Stephanus Byzantinus recalls Ὑγάσσειον πεδίον, as situated in a plain
area whereby speculation goes as far as Syrna. Also marked as Βουβασσός Κξυασσός, another name
Ὑγασσός, is indicated as a polis/location in Caria. Κξυασσός meaning “Khrysaoris” leads to the idea
that Hygassos could be a location which was conspicuous enough to be nominated as a rural type
settlement, perhaps bigger than that (s.v. Ὑγασσός) 75. On the one hand, there is a piece of
information (acquired through the inscriptions found at the Sanctuary of Hemithea in Kastabos
near Hisarönü) commemorating the Hygassians. Accordingly, the Hygassians were registered
among the list of donors to the mentioned temple 76. Foss & Reger consider that it was a Hellenistic
settlement on Losta Bay 77. Bean makes a mark on its association with modern Selimiye Bay
addressing Sinus Schoenus 78. To Cook, it could be nearby Bybassos in the vicinity of Pazarlık Plain,
which is related to the Sanctuary of Hemithea. An epitaph of two Hygassians found in Syrna and
another evidenced at Rhodes still remain as two enigma for a precise appointment to any location 79.
Küçükeren assumes that it might be near Orhaniye and Turgut villages 80. Interestingly, Hygassos is
located to the south of Turgut by Peschlow-Bindokat 81. Not that far, Benter calls attention to
Köklüdağ, which exhibits settlement remains up on 450 m elevation, in the vicinity of Turgut.
Regarded as a deme by Umar, it is left to the south of Hisarönü, near Turgut, right on a temenos wall
on Bozburun road. The inscription found in Kastabos (noted above) presumably biased the author
towards these environs. Perhaps bordered with the temenos wall, the original name of the deme
could have been inherited from “Ygeia/Hygeia”- attested as the goddess of health. Already known
from the Peraea, the goddess attributable to the cult of Asclepius has links with Syrna. Although the
discussion is rather distractive, Benter deems that the fortified island on the opposite side of
Orhaniye might be associated with Hygassos 82. Such confusions in ancient names mask the generic
problem of identification.
An acropolis high above Kızılköy, called Asarcık is a valuable site about which limited
information is provided by scholars 83. All around the site situated along a valley descending to the
east, regularly dressed walls and large building blocks (which many scholars regard as tombstones)
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
Bresson 1991, 94-101.
Benter 1999, 307, 310; 2001, 177-179; 2010, 659-661. Occupation between Geometric and Early Archaic
periods was evidenced with fibulas, comparable to those at Ialysos (ibid. 311).
Citizens were called Ὑγάσσιος or Ὑγασσεύς.
Bean 1966 58-65; Bresson 1991, no. 37-38.
Foss – Reger 2000, 941, G4.
Bean 2000, 168.
Cook 1961, 64. The epitaph found in Rhodes appeared with the name Έριναίς who was married to a man from
Hygassos (ibid.); Cook – Plommer 1966, 159-161.
Küçükeren 2007, 15.
Peschlow – Bindokat 2003, 11.
Benter 2010, 663; Umar 1999, 187, 195-196.
Fraser – Bean 1954, 43; Bresson 1991, no. 65; Diler 1994, 442-443.
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are visible. A settlement markedly reflecting Hellenistic fashion was there along the slopes of
Asarcık, possibly during the early Roman period. However, it has never been thought this site could
have belonged to a core settlement, perhaps a deme center, justifiably, due to a lack of satisfactory
data concerning provenance or an ethnic identity except for a dedication made to the cult of
Aphrodite at the front terrace of a public building, a possible sanctuary. Regardless of this
fragmentary material (a votive plaque) addressing the Roman epoch 84 , we conceive that it could be
Hygassos? stretching to the coastal land as far as Losta or relate to any part thereof.
Situated on the east of the Peninsula, Syrna was identified from the Hellenistic and Roman
inscriptions 85. A problem with Syrna occurs with the status of the ancient settlement in the readings
of Bean when he states that it was not a Rhodian deme however, it was attractive enough with its
Asclepion as evidenced through an inscription 86. TAY pinpoints it as a Roman settlement 87. An
inscription found on the way to modern Çiftlik Bay implied a ktoina, recalling the Syrnioi. The
reason why Bresson 88 questions the situation of Syrna as a ktoina is explainable with the hints found
on a stele (101/300 B.C.) in Bayır Village, belonging to a Hygassian couple. Although nothing was
thoroughly addressed, it is debatable whether the ktoina related to the Hygassian territory (90-92).
The situation becomes complicated as to whether “ktoina” was employed in lieu of a subdivision of a
deme or for any other territorial unit attached to the either three poleis.
Efforts on the identification of demes also need to utilise from the recent discussions, e.g. from
amphora finds 89 and social indicators. Unfortunately, ceramic evidence reported up to now barely
throws light on ethnic origins; they are quite informative about the patterns of production
represented by the typical Peraean amphora or Rhodian type manufactures revealing a wellestablished stamp system, as also through eponyms. No matter, some scholars often base their
arguments on the genealogical traces leaning on a rich epigraphic inventory. A dedication (end of
the IIIrd century B.C.) made by the Amians to a hegemon of the Peraea at Hisartepe is one good
example which backed up their ethnic background 90. Likewise, an assessment on the original names
is made by Meyer when he visualizes the Peraea according to the ethnic divisions. He locates
Tymnos to modern Selimiye (ancient Losta), stretching toward modern Turgut and encompassing
the environs of Kızılköy under the specific name of “Tymnioi”. Understandable from his writing,
Tymnos was situated in the north of Thysannous, at the inner angle of Losta Bay while Thysannous
lay in the inner angle of the Saranda Beach, at the opposite side of Syme 91. A perplexity is that
Stephanus Byzantinus notes Tymnos as a polis in Caria (s.v. Τύμνος) 92. Mela locates this deme to the
vicinity of Selimiye acknowledged with Thymnos Sinus, 93 while Pliny possibly associates the same
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
I. Peraia 292; Bresson 1991, no. 65. The inscription is dated to the Roman era due to lettering, however the style
of architecture in the immediate surroundings suggests the Hellenistic era (Bresson 1991, 94).
Cook 1959, 28, 52; Foss – Reger 2000, 947, G4.
Bean 2000, 166-167. Attached to Casarae, Loryma was not a Rhodian deme, either (ibid.).
TAY 2007, vol. 7.
Bresson 1991, no. 61.
Constantakopoulou 2007, 244.
Bresson 1991, 83, no. 52.
Meyer 1925, 50-51.
It is hard to establish a relation with the city named as Τυμνησσός, as also noted in Caria (Steph. Byz. Ethnika,
Τύμνος).
Mela I. 16.
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with Bozburun Bay 94. Conversely, Tymnos is almost located to Thysannous in the Codex Kultur
Atlas 95. Bean considers that the deme of Tymnos was central modern Bozburun where almost
nothing has remained except some inscriptions 96. Some acknowledge it as “Tymnus” to the
northeast of Bozburun 97. In the “Atlas of the Greek and Roman World in Antiquity” 98, it reappears
in the identical location. Tymnos is described as ancient Bosporanos 99 by Aydaş and that it is 11
nautical miles from Rhodes 100. TAY identifies it as demos due to previously reported inscriptions
about Tymnians 101. It could be 3 km north, near Selimiye. However, due to some more inscriptions
(found in Selimiye) mentioning the koinon of Tymnians, Fraser & Bean prefer to include Selimiye
within the territorium of Tymnos, which implies that the borders of Tymnos could have extended as
far as Selimiye. If Selimiye was the site of Hyla or Hyda, which was never mentioned as a Rhodian
deme 102, it would not be wrong to associate the ancient people of Selimiye with the Tymnians. But it
is still hard to make a claim on that as a site named Gemecitdüzü neighboring the Avlana Village
near Bozburun (on its east/northeast) but barely detachable from the sites described for the
previously discovered epigraphic finds, is full of new questions regarding the probable early traces of
settlement in the surroundings of central Selimiye.
For Küçükeren, Larymna was Bozburun, Tymnos was somewhere in the vicinity 103. The picture
becomes unclear as Pliny spells Larumna and Loryma separately 104. If Larymna was Bozburun, then
it must be the problematic side of Tymnos. A discussion on the toponomy has been brought by
Umar such that the original Larymna could have been Lar(a)umna, as Fraser & Bean once suggested
it to be Larumna. It stood on top of a moderate hill (Asartepe) in the northeast of Bozburun, with a
necropolis facing the bay on the southwest slope. The location so described by the author is known
locally as Kaletepe. Having parallels, Peschlow-Bindokat assume that Tymnos was exactly where
Kaletepe stands in Bozburun, while Larymna has connection to the north of Loryma at the tip of the
Peninsula, now known as Aziziye 105. Interestingly, almost none of the scholars (apart from the few
cases mentioned above) have left a mark on Kaletepe up to now. It is also a place which deserves
attention, with potsherds suggesting a wider time span including the Classical era. The site has a
catchment area stretching to Avlana Village which is in connection with the Yeşilova Quarter of
modern Bozburun and the agricultural enclaves known locally as Örteren in the west.
We see that Thymnos Sinus could be Sinus Losta in ATL. With such contradictory information
to hand, it seems difficult to say that Larymna was the deme center of Tymnos- named due to
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
Plin. nat. V. 29.
Codex Kultur Atlas 1965.
Bean 1971, 162.
Bayrak 1994, 496.
Hammond 1981.
Chaviaras – Chaviaras 1911, 64-65; Fraser 1983, 137-139.
Aydaş 2010, 4-5. The author names Selimiye as Tymnos (ibid.11).
TAY 2007, vol. 7.
Fraser – Bean 1954, 62.
Küçükeren 2007 119, 123. Küçükeren suggests that the meaning of Larumna comes from the people of sand in
the Luwian language (ibid. 201).
Plin. nat. V. 29.
Fraser – Bean 1954, 59; Umar 1999, 216; Peschlow-Bindokat 2003, 11.
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Bozburun Bay. It could well be somewhere between Gelos (if Serçe Bay) and Thysannous 106 or any
other. Meanwhile, the name, Bosporanoi, was discovered on an Imperial period tomb inscription
found near Bozburun. The reading was previously made by Chaviaras & Chaviaras taking the words
Пύσπoovpvoυ as Boσπόpoν. As brachygraphies used for the Rhodian demotics may be interpreted
differently, it could be conflictive to claim Bosporonai as Bozburun, as the deme center of
Tymnioi 107. Also, the ancient name derived from abbreviations as “Bosporus” is an open question
as to where the strait stood 108. Turning back to the most controversial, two places called Larymna
and Paridon by Pliny 109 makes the situation difficult to interpret, however, there is no hindrance,
although it may sound absurd, to why we should not contemplate the idea that Cape
Aphrodisias(um) (previously noted) could be modern Cape Ata(b)ol in the western tip of modern
Bozburun as these names evoke each other apart from the nuances.
Fraser & Bean make a solid mark that on the east of Bozburun Bay, in modern Söğüt, there lies
Thysannous 110. Hearing from Pechlow-Bindokat, Thysannous is in Söğüt, Phoinix is located to the
north of Taşlıca where the lower village (Fenaket) was probably disregarded by the scholar. Instead
of Phoinix, the author prefers to call it Tlos/Gelos, which falls to the northeast of Casarae on the
coastal band 111. Bean is not free from doubt about the deme center of Thysannous as he bases his
argument on poor visible evidence. Anyway, he speculates that, traceable with the polygonal wall
remains, Thysannous was up in Saranda Village 112. Debord & Varinlioğlu show Thysannous as
“Thyssanonte” exactly to the east of Bozburun and Phoinix to the southeast of Thyssanonte 113. All is
full of new questions. But what Bean attests is persuasive since the Acropolis (Oyuktepe) having
debris scattered high above Saranda Bay (the modern Cumhuriyet Quarter) and the lower
settlement on the coastal area remain clearly visible today 114.
In the thick volume of the inventory of Archaic and Classical poleis, Hansen & Nielsen provide a
full version of the updated pre-Hellenistic settlements, none of which are characterized as a polis in
the Peraea 115. Probably having origins dating from the Vth century B.C., Phoinix is recognizable with
a fortress (located in Fenaket) with different masonry types. The earliest inscriptions from the IIIrd
century B.C mention a damos, a naos of Dionysos, a prytaneus, as well as the priests of Athena and
Zeus Polieus 116. Based on onomastic scrutiny, numerous funerary inscriptions found in Fenaket are
now datable to the IVth- IInd centuries B.C. 117. On the map visualized by Başgelen, Phoinix and
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107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
Fraser – Bean 1954, 60-61.
Chaviaras – Chaviaras 1911, 64-65; Fraser 1983, 137-139.
Fraser – Bean 1954, 60-61.
Plin. nat. V. 29.
Fraser – Bean 1954, 59.
Pechlow-Bindokat 2003, 11.
Bean 2000, 168.
Debord – Varinlioğlu 2001, 87.
Bean 2000, 168.
Hansen – Nielsen 2004.
Flensted – Jensen 2004, 1109-1110. For damos and construction of the naos of Dionysus, see: I. Peraia, 101;
Bresson 1991, 149 (I. 1). For the priest of Athena and Zeus Polieus, see: I.Peraia, no. 103; Bresson 1991, no. 148
(II. 5-6). For prytaneus (prytanis), see: I.Peraia, no.’s 138; 153. For more on Athena Lindia and Zeus Polieus,
refer to Haussoullier, B. (1880). Inscription d’Halicarnasse. Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique 4: 522-524.
Bresson 1991, 134-153.
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Elaeoussa Island are situated in the vicinity of the isthmus 118. Dürrbach & Radet pinpoint Phoinix as
one of the main settlements in the Rhodian Peraea 119. Fraser & Bean associate it with Barayüksek
Dağ (Karayüksek Dağ, 536 m). Although no demotic of Phoinix has been witnessed up to now, the
inscriptions have disclosed that it was a deme with a fortified Acropolis on top of a hill between the
Lower and Upper Fenaket. The Acropolis could have been the center of Prinari Bay (Pınarlıbükü/
Pinarbükü, modern Gedik Bay or ancient Tlos (possibly Gelos) 120, which was a Hellenistic and
Roman site. Foss & Reger associate Tlos with Tracheia Mountain (Koresos) but no consensus has
been reached on the precise name 121. On the other hand, we are already informed of the ethnic
name of Tloans attributable to the region of Phoinix 122. Aydaş addresses an inscription (Ist century
B.C.) which was found in Lagina, mentioning Tlos as the demos of Kamiros 123. Yet we need to
remain skeptical as the pronunciation of the names might be deceptive, e.g. the two Lycian cities
were “Pinara and Tlos” while we also have the names of “Prinari and Gelos” in Caria. If there was a
locality called Tlos, Tloioi could have implied the sub-ethnic in a territorium whose center was
Phoinix or the deme could have been based on the mentioned ethnic in that it could have been
named thereafter.
The Acropolis of Phoinix was obviously Hisartepe standing in the former Fenaket Village,
however another site known locally as Kaledağ to the east of the modern Taşlıca Village (northeast
of the Acropolis) deserves special attention with its untouched ramparts. This site was possibly the
robust fortress associated with the Phoinix Mountain by Strabo 124.
Casarae has been safely located to Asardibi, from the inscriptions found in-situ at Bozuk
Village 125. Documented through the tombstones reported from Rhodes and Asardibi, the deme is
depicted as a “Classical site” situated on the northern bay over the isthmus in the Peraea 126. Hicks
conveys a further note that it lies 3 miles northeast of Loryma, the Bay of Aplotheka (most probably
Oplothiki) 127. The site was essentially dated from pottery finds in Asardibi and underwater data
from the northern harbour of Serçe Bay 128. Much work has been conducted with respect to Loryma,
which falls into the borders of the deme of Casarae. Held clarifies its exact location near the
promontory acknowledged as Karaburun. Regarding the political status, it lost the polis character
after the Classical era 129. That is to say, the position of this small harbour settlement leaves no doubt
when it is compared to many other sites in the Peraea. In Casarae, there is another site, now a dried
up lake which is known locally as Kıran where the ruins (mainly recognizable from an altar and
theatre-like edifice) suggesting the Archaic and Classical era which were surveyed by Kuban &
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
Başgelen 2005, 20-21.
Dürrbach – Radet 1886, 245. The definition of the site as Phenikeh (not situated on the coastline), goes as: “a
egale distance des deux rivages de la peninsule, au fond d’un sorte de cirque tres encaisse” (ibid. 246).
Fraser – Bean 1954, 58.
Foss – Reger 2000, 947, G4.
IG XII, 1 1449; Robert 1983, 257; Bresson 1991, 148, 150, 154.
Aydaş 2010, 87-88
Strabo XIV. 2.
Fraser – Bean 1954, 59; Foss – Reger 2000, 942, G4.
Flensted- Jensen 2004, 1109-1110.
Hicks 1889, 46-47.
http://nauticalarch.org
Held 2005, 96; TAY 2007, vol. 7.
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Saner. The site neighbors Loryma in the northern sector of Casarae. Not that distant, the authors
inform us of another site called Kumalanı, which is still undated but noticeable with circular steles.
Here is a plain settlement suitable for agriculture and easily watched by a hill (local Asar Dağ),
namely Hisardağı 130. There must have been a connection between Kıran and Hisardağı 131. We
postulate that Larumna might be modern Kumalanı (also basing the discussion on etymology, see
note 103) which is situated half way between Loryma and Hisardağ, in which case Pliny might be
right when he makes a straight discrimination between the two neighbouring sites of Loryma and
Larumna.
When referred to the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations, the positioning of the
demes and some modern names are seen to be roughly given upon a blank sheet. Also, Casarae
(Kasara) and Tlos (Phoinix) stand too close together so nothing is comprehendible for the latter.
Despite the fact that, the epigraphical evidence, as elaborated through the hints about social and
religious life 132, help the reader to comment on some more realistic locations to some extent, the
safest way to arrive at a consensus would be through referring to the survey results carried out until
recently, in specific parts of the Peninsula. Hence, data relevant to a few locations are available in the
reports of Held, Benter and Kuban & Saner 133. In the meantime, a contribution to the previous
works was undertaken through the extensive surveys (practically limited to only five demes which
are hypothetical Hygassos? associated with Losta; Syrna; Tymnos; Thysannous and Phoinix)
conducted in 2009-2012, with a view to present additional data and to question the problem of
period (subject to replenishment). A wide category of finds from the architectural remains to the
Map 3. Territorial Designation in the Peraea
130
131
132
133
The authors use “Asar Dağ” instead of the official name-Hisardağı in this part of Casarae. They must be
mentioning this same location.
Kuban – Saner 1999, 287-289; Kuban – Saner 2005, 401.
Fraser – Bean 1954, 122.
Held 1996, 1999-2003, 2005-2006; Kuban – Saner 1999, 2000, 2005; Benter 1999, 2001, 2010.
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typical masonry, ramparts, pyrgoi, hydro-works, ancient routes, farmsteads, pressing installations,
burial remains and potsherds formed the set of criteria to reconstruct/reassess the possible
territoriums of demes and trace them in view of the settlement context. To conclude, reading from
(the map compiled by) Foss & Reger 134, referring to the survey results of the scholars noted above
and incorporating the new data uncovered during the 2009 to 2012 campaigns, we can display the
approximate and/or associated periods (Map 3), although we take account of a future revision
under the recent silhouette. Obviously, epistemological problems, as well as ambiguities emanating
from the epigraphical interpretations have left the mainland with a subtlety which has posed
growing difficulties in designating spatial limits. Hence, a reassessment on the deme locations and
estimation considering the physical and social boundaries (thus their scope of influence limited to
the study area) about which scholars have not reached a clear agreement is also made and visualized
through Table 2 and Map 3, respectively. The method of territorial designation and details of
contextual data are not the concern of this paper, since it is deemed a different topic of discussion
which has been undertaken. Map 3 also shows what is considered to be the approximate position of
the peninsula, unless each deme interrupted another or aspired for the other, in part or in full. Based
upon the presumptive territoriums and further study with sampling, it appears that the deme centers
(often the Acropoleis) would not exceed 2-4 ha in essence but the natural restrictions define the
possible limits for the territorium of each deme. A topical reference is also owed to the recent
surveyors in that the values put forward (e.g., Benter (1999, 308) limit the size of the Acropolis of
Hydas as 3.5 ha, enclosed by walls) by them have also been taken into account in the assignment of
the range for the size of the centers of deme.
On the other side, there is one point that we chose not to skip: new traces of early settlement.
These were observed in the vicinity of demes (particularly Losta/Hygassos?, Thysannous and
Phoinix), which indicate the probable terminus post quem for the Carian occupation. Although it is
contentious for the present, we can say, the secure positions of such enclaves on top of defensive
hills having quite good visibility may address the original locations of the demes, forming some of
the earliest komai (Map 2). The point is, we can barely bring up toponomical discussions in relation
to the pre-Hellenistic habitations but can suggest all of them must have acted as the indigenous
constituents of the Carian Chersonesos.
Deme Name
Location
Hydas
Turgut
Syrna
Bayır
Losta/ Hygassos?
Selimiye- Kızılköy
Tymnos
Bozburun
Thysannous
Söğüt
Phoinix
Taşlıca
Casarae
Bozuk
Table 2. Demes of the Peraea
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Foss – Reger 2000, G4.
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Discussion
Evidently, colleagues have not reached unanimous agreement on the exact names and locations of
the Peraean demes and/or sites, from the literary evidence. The recent picture, albeit with the
destructive processes over the last few decades and the ambiguities in the scripts of the scholarly
world over the last two centuries, show the modern settlements associated with the Hellenized
demes are Turgut (Hydas), Kızılköy (hypothetical Hygassos complemented with Losta Bay), Bayır
(Syrna), Bozburun (Tymnos), Söğüt (Thysannous), Taşlıca (Phoinix) and Bozuk (Casarae). It seems
that the designation of the territorial boundaries of the demes was previously achieved as a result of
the egalitarian atmosphere of the Classical period and continued thereafter. Regarding the general
literature and field campaigns carried out in 2009-2012, the deme centers/Acropoleis of the
mentioned demes are attributable to Kaletepe (270 m), Yancağız Tepe (200 m), Asarcık (410 m),
Kaletepe (205 m), Oyuk Tepe (199 m), Hisartepe (222 m), Hisardibi (35 m)/the environs of
Hisardağ (415 m)?, respectively.
Despite the weaknesses in the ancient literature 135 and discreteness in epigraphical evidence, the
demes located in the west of the Peraea seem to have been attached to the mother polis of Kamiros,
those lying in the east to Lindos, whereas the case is harder to tackle for Ialysos. More reasonably,
the determinant factor must have been the position of natural harbors and auxiliary edifices leading
the way to the most suitable corridors. For instance, Casarae apparently masters the east and the
western tips of the Peninsula but her dependency on Lindos could have arisen from the
advantageous positions of Loryma and Serçe Bay facing the east. A refreshed category for the known
demes is that Tymnos and Phonix were the Kamiran demes; Physcus, Amos and Casarae were
Lindian whilst the rest are still open to debate. If there were a total of 13 demes for the three old
poleis on the mainland (except for the others yet undefined), this makes more than four demes
allocable to each polis, providing that a complete egalitarian atmosphere prevailed in Rhodes during
the Hellenistic “colonization”. But as the number of six demes was previously restored to Kamiros,
we can propose that it is the cogent number. To date the relation of the Peraean demes to the three
old poleis, or even discussions on their numbers have been questioned regarding some certain
criteria, e.g. the distance effect as emphasized, defensibility, epigraphic evidence, etc. However,
attempts at designating the demes to a mother polis according to their physical position on the
Peninsula and endeavors to determine the number of the Peraean demes through counting the
number of Peraean fortifications remain immature, until the list of demes is updated with the help
of a complete record of epigraphical material at some point in the future. A similar approach
prevails for this paper, as the territorial designation in view of the natural boundaries (but also based
on egalitarianism) and the loci of archaeological finds (without the dismissal of previously reported
sites), and the deme centers will need to be further investigated and cross-examined. Unless
evidence supported contra-arguments are brought for the presently unknown deme of Hygassos, we
may have to be content with renaming a long-neglected Acropolis (in the environs of Kızılköy)
which has never been included to date in the list of scholars. No groundbreaking result is attempted.
If not safe for the moment, we might well take it for granted that the “Hellenistic-Roman Hygassos”
might have had a deme memory dating from the Classical era.
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But basically referring to the views of Meyer 1925; Fraser – Bean 1954; Bean – Cook 1957; Calder – Bean 1958;
Jones 1987; Dmitriev 1999; Papachristodoulou 1999.
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E. Deniz OĞUZ-KIRCA
Acknowledgements
The surveys were launched for the fulfillment of the Ph.D. dissertation entitled, “The Rural
Settlement Pattern of the Bozburun Peninsula During Classical and Hellenistic Periods”, under the
auspices of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of the Republic of Turkey. We would like to
express our gratitude and sincere thanks to Prof. Dr. Numan TUNA for his guidance and support
throughout the entire work. We offer many thanks to the General Directorate of Cultural Assets
and Museums of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, for having granted the formal permits and
the Directorate of Marmaris Museum for the support given to the completion of these studies
which, we hope, can be continued in the future.
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